Active Raid: Kidō Kyōshūshitsu Daihachigakari (Japanese: アクティヴレイド 機動強襲室第八係, Hepburn: Akutivu Reido Kidō Kyōshūshitsu Daihachigakari, lit. "Active Raid: Public Mobile Assault Unit Eight") is a Japanese anime television series produced by Production IMS. Orange produced the 3D CG, with Gorō Taniguchi as chief director. It started airing in January 2016.[1] The anime was split into two seasons, the first half aired in January, while the second half aired in July 2016.[2][3]
Active Raid | |
アクティヴレイド (Akutivu Reido) | |
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Anime television series | |
Directed by | Gorō Taniguchi (chief director) Noriaki Akitaya |
Produced by | Umeda Kazusuna Sawada Tomohisa Hiroyuki Birukawa |
Written by | Naruhisa Arakawa |
Music by | Kōtarō Nakagawa |
Studio | Production IMS Orange (3DCG) |
Licensed by | |
Original network | Tokyo MX, TV Aichi, Sun TV, KBS, BS Nittele, TBS, NTV |
Original run | January 7, 2016 – September 27, 2016 |
Episodes | 24 |
Active Raid takes place in the near future with advanced technology, particularly a system known as ACTIVE (Armored Combined Tactical Intelligence Vanguard Elements). Due to the abundance of serious crime around the world, police forces begin to use ACTIVE technology along with powered armor mobile suits known as Will Wears. The series focuses on one such police unit in Japan known as Unit 8.
A police unit that is authorized to use Will Wears and the ACTIVE system. Due to their collateral damage of city infrastructure, Unit 8 has a bad reputation within the police force and public media. While the Japanese title of the anime only refers to them as "Public Mobile Assault Unit Eight", official materials translate their title as "Special Public Security Fifth Division Third Mobile Assault Eighth Unit."
The anime is directed by Noriaki Akitaya while Goro Taniguchi served as chief director. Naruhisa Arakawa provides the script. Manga artist Shun Saeki designed the characters while Naoko Nishida adapted the style into anime. Kotaro Nakagawa composed the music. The animation is done by Production IMS, and Orange is producing the 3D CG. The anime started broadcasting in January 2016, with the second season in July 2016.[5][6]
No. | Title | Original air date |
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1 | "Code Number 538" "Kōdo nanbā 538" (Japanese: コードNo.538) | January 7, 2016 |
2 | "Academy Destruction" "Gakuen hōkai" (Japanese: 学園崩壊) | January 14, 2016 |
3 | "Challenge From the Arena" "Arīna kara no chōsen" (Japanese: アリーナからの挑戦) | January 21, 2016 |
4 | "Holding Airspace" "Senkai kūiki" (Japanese: 旋回空域) | January 28, 2016 |
5 | "Poker Face of Erasure" "Shōshitsu no pōkāfeisu" (Japanese: 消失のポーカーフェイス) | February 4, 2016 |
6 | "Dreams Beyond the Twilight" "Yume wa, kare no kata tasogare" (Japanese: 夢は、彼の方黄昏) | February 11, 2016 |
7 | "Long Rail Life" "Rongurēruraifu" (Japanese: ロングレールライフ) | February 18, 2016 |
8 | "Ulti-maid-ronde" "Arutimeidorondo" (Japanese: アルティメイドロンド) | February 25, 2016 |
9 | "In the Name of Logos" "Rogosu no na no moto ni" (Japanese: ロゴスの名のもとに) | March 3, 2016 |
10 | "The Invisible Conqueror" "Sugata naki seifuku-sha" (Japanese: 姿なき征服者) | March 10, 2016 |
11 | "Japan Style" "Japan sutairu" (Japanese: ジャパンスタイル) | March 17, 2016 |
12 | "For Whom Does Order Exist?" "Dare ga tame no chitsujo" (Japanese: 誰がための秩序) | March 24, 2016 |
13 | "The Man from the West" "Nishi kara kita otoko" (Japanese: 西から来た男) | July 12, 2016[3] |
14 | "Endless Avenger" "Hate naki fukushū-sha" (Japanese: 果てなき復讐者) | July 19, 2016 |
15 | "Angel and God of Destruction" "Tenshi to hakai-shin" (Japanese: 天使と破壊神) | July 26, 2016 |
16 | "Mythos, Once More" "Futatabi no myutosu" (Japanese: 再びのミュトス) | August 2, 2016 |
17 | "Who Benefits?" "Risuru wa dare ka" (Japanese: 利するは誰か) | August 9, 2016 |
18 | "Rudra of the Counterattack" "Gyakushū no rudora" (Japanese: 逆襲のルドラ) | August 16, 2016 |
19 | "Absolute Peeping Declaration" "Zettai pīpingu sengen" (Japanese: 絶対ピーピング宣言) | August 23, 2016 |
20 | "The Stranger in the Wind" "Kotokunibito wa kaze no naka" (Japanese: 異邦人は風のなか) | August 30, 2016 |
21 | "Unit 8, Don't Mobolize" "Dai hachi kakari Shutsugeki sezu" (Japanese: 第八係 出撃せず) | September 6, 2016 |
22 | "A Farewell Banquet" "Ketsubetsu no utage" (Japanese: 訣別の宴) | September 13, 2016 |
23 | "Dream of an Idol" "Gūzō no yume" (Japanese: 偶像の夢) | September 20, 2016 |
24 | "Wonderful Days" "Subarashikinichijō" (Japanese: 素晴らしき日常) | September 27, 2016 |